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Barcelona City and Beach

June 17, 2025 Barcelona / Spain 2025Cruise My Ship Relax - Italy's Sunny Sides June 11 - June 20, 2025 Barcelona City and Beach Today, we just want to stroll through Barcelona...

Peratallada and La Bisbal d'Empordà

Today the weather was friendlier again, which encouraged us to embark on another lovely trip. After breakfast, we headed towards Peratallada. Peratallada is a beautiful medieval...

Palamos

We left our 1800 m high storage in the French Font Romeu after a clean thunderstorm and made our way back to Spain, but this time to the east coast north of Barcelona. According...

We are doing well, thank you! Coastal road from Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Tossa de Mar

Thank you to everyone who has cared for us and asked about us. We are doing well, we are safe and not affected by the floods. Safe and sound 🙂 Born under a lucky star. We can...

3 Days in Barcelona

Wednesday 26 July 2017 3 o'clock in the morning. We arrived at Schönefeld Airport completely disheveled and exhausted, from where the Ryanair plane took us to Barcelona 3 hours...

Weekly market in Platja d’Aro, our last day on the Costa Brava

Today marks the last day in Mas Nou. Even the sky is crying; it's still raining in the morning. We want to go to the weekly market in Platja d’Aro. When we arrive there, the sun...

Blanes: The Gateway to Costa Brava

We are enjoying beautiful weather again with around 20 degrees and decide to take advantage of it by going to Blanes. Blanes is a town with 40,579 residents (as of January 1,...

Barcelona

Barcelona - jittery city full of great buildings and exciting history.

A day of contrasts

It has been a day of ups and downs. It started badly, went uphill, went downhill a bit, then ended on a high high! Our goal had been to have a rest day today, but when we woke...

L'Estartit

After an overdose of nature at the Palamos campsite, we may have given up our long-term camping life for good and booked ourselves into a holiday apartment in L'Estartit; the view...

Along the coast towards Barcelona

Along the coast - small breaks by the sea Day 4 We've been traveling since Wednesday – and today we continued towards Barcelona. But just driving straight through? No, that...

Rain without end

DAY 5: The most important thing up front: There’s no more squeaking – at least at the right rear tire. After Icke had held out until 2 a.m., she came to my sleeping area and...

Sant Antoni de Calonge, a day without golf

Today was, as mentioned, a day without golf. We could sleep in, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and relax extensively to recharge our energies for tomorrow. Around noon we decided...

Golf Tournament Day 2 at Golf Montanyà

Today was the 2nd day of the tournament. We started quite early, as we are playing at Golf Montanyà near Barcelona. The drive of about 1.5 hours takes us through winding roads....

Happy end!

October 2019

Barcelona

What always fascinates me about Spanish cities is the contrast between incredibly spacious boulevards and neighborhoods where opposing residents can almost reach out and shake...

Excursions to Girona, Pals, and Begur

From L'Estartit, we took a few trips to nearby Catalan towns. Girona is a small town with an extensive medieval core, offering plenty to see. The Gothic cathedral is particularly...

Farewell from el Masnou

On April 25, 2025, we will depart with LH 1134 at 4:05 PM from FFM to Barcelona. After preparing our Gustav for travel weeks in advance, we could start the journey with only...

2025 - April - The Entire Journey

This kind of journey isn't made every year. Three weeks, by ship, train, and with large luggage. Each day was exciting in its own way, none were boring. Whether it was the...

2025 - April - Barcelona Tips

What is worth seeing in Barcelona – and what isn't? Opinions vary widely on this matter. Many say that you absolutely must see the Sagrada Família from the inside – and that...

Sunday in Platja d‘Aro

zero KM products' to the table and prepare dishes using local products. It was delicious! Our Lunch Well-fed, we still walk down to the beach. Due to the strong winds, not much...

Golf d'Aro the 6th round of golf

Today the weather was sunny again, just right for another round of golf at our home course Golf Club D'Aro. Golf D'Aro It’s Sunday and the tee times are all booked. It’s moving...

Golf Tournament Day 4, Final at Golf d‘Aro

Today marks the end of the tournament week. But first, we still need to play the final decisive round. We are playing on our home course, Golf d’Aro. I described this course a...

Platja de Sant Pol “Cami de Ronda”

Today is another beautiful sunny day. Following the recommendation of our flight partners from yesterday, we are heading to Platja de Sant Pol to take a coastal path. It's...